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Emily Procter
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Emily Mallory Procter (born October 8, 1968) is an American actress best known for her Leading female role as Calleigh Duquesne in CSI: Miami and her recurring role as Ainsley Hayes in The West Wing.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
- 2 Filmography
- 3 References
- 4 External links
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Biography
Early life
Procter was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Ravenscroft School in Raleigh. While at East Carolina University she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. After she received her degrees in journalism and dance at East Carolina, she was employed as a television weather anchor at WNCT-TV in Greenville, North Carolina.
Career
After the move to
Los Angeles, her father provided the costs for acting school for two years. Before even graduating, she had already landed a number of small roles in films such as
Jerry Maguire (
1996) and
Breast Men (
1997), where she appeared along with
David Schwimmer and
Chris Cooper. During the 1995–96 season (season 3) of
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, she portrayed
Lana Lang the first blond actress to ever do so. She also briefly appeared in the 1997 TV movie
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! as Mavis.
She also had a recurring guest role as Associate White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes on NBC's The West Wing.
She landed her breakthrough with the role of Calleigh Duquesne in the television series CSI: Miami, which has been running on American television since 2002. She took the role after consulting with her friend Jorja Fox.[1]
She participated in 2007's
LiveEarth by reading (along with several other actresses) an essay written by
Michelle Gardner-Quinn while Gardner-Quinn was a student at the
University of Vermont.
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Filmography
References
